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WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage System for Embolic PROTECTion in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00129545
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Official title
WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage System for Embolic PROTECTion in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (PROTECT AF)
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00129545
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2, Phase 3
- Lead sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
- Industry
- Enrollment
- 800 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage Closure Technology Device
- Warfarin Drug
Device · Drug
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jan 31, 2005
- Primary completion
- Jul 31, 2013
- Completion
- Apr 30, 2014
- Last update posted
- May 14, 2015
2005 – 2014
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 58
- U.S. states
- 25
- U.S. cities
- 49
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Cardiac Specialists | Gilbert | Arizona | 85233 | — |
| Arizona Arrhythmia | Scottsdale | Arizona | 85251 | — |
| Foundation for Cardiovascular Medicine | La Jolla | California | 92037 | — |
| Los Angeles Cardiology Associates | Los Angeles | California | 90017 | — |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Los Angeles | California | 90048 | — |
| El Camino Hospital | Mountain View | California | 94040 | — |
| Orange County Heart | Orange County | California | 92868 | — |
| UC Davis Medical Center | Sacramento | California | 95817 | — |
| St. John's Hospital / Pacific Heart | Santa Monica | California | 90404 | — |
| Washington Hospital Center | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | 20010 | — |
| University of Miami | Miami | Florida | 33136 | — |
| Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute | Miami | Florida | 33176 | — |
| Bay Heart Group | Tampa | Florida | 33607 | — |
| Emory University Midtown Hospital | Atlanta | Georgia | 30308 | — |
| Piedmont Hospital | Atlanta | Georgia | 30309 | — |
| Emory University Hospital | Atlanta | Georgia | 30322 | — |
| University of Chicago | Chicago | Illinois | 60637 | — |
| North Shore University | Evanston | Illinois | 60201 | — |
| Loyola University Medical Center | Maywood | Illinois | 60153 | — |
| Prairie Education Research Cooperative | Springfield | Illinois | 60637 | — |
| Baptist Hospital West | Lexington | Kentucky | 40503 | — |
| University of Kentucky | Lexington | Kentucky | 40536-0294 | — |
| Terrebonne General Medical Center | Houma | Louisiana | 70360 | — |
| Ochsner Clinic | New Orleans | Louisiana | 70121 | — |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston | Massachusetts | 02114 | — |
| University of Michigan Medical Center | Ann Arbor | Michigan | 48109 | — |
| William Beaumont | Royal Oak | Michigan | 48073 | — |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 55407 | — |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester | Minnesota | 55902 | — |
| St. Paul Heart Clinic | Saint Paul | Minnesota | 55102 | — |
| University of Mississippi Healthcare Center | Jackson | Mississippi | 39216 | — |
| St. Luke's Hospital | Kansas City | Missouri | 64111 | — |
| Nebraska Heart Institute | Lincoln | Nebraska | 68526 | — |
| Cooper University Hospital | Camden | New Jersey | 08103 | — |
| New Mexico Heart Institute | Albuquerque | New Mexico | 87102 | — |
| New York University Medical Center | New York | New York | 10016 | — |
| Columbia University Medical Center | New York | New York | 10032 | — |
| Mt. Sinai Medical Center | New York | New York | — | — |
| Summa Health System | Akron | Ohio | 44304 | — |
| Lindner Clinical Trial Center | Cincinnati | Ohio | 45219 | — |
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation | Cleveland | Ohio | 44195 | — |
| Ohio State University | Columbus | Ohio | 43210 | — |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital | Columbus | Ohio | 43214 | — |
| Geisinger Medical Center | Danville | Pennsylvania | 17822 | — |
| Harrisburg Hospital / Associated Cardiology | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | 17110 | — |
| Allegheny General Hospital | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15212 | — |
| Presbyterian University Hospital | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15213 | — |
| Moffitt Heart & Vascular | Wormleysburg | Pennsylvania | 17043 | — |
| Mercy Medical Center West | Knoxville | Tennessee | 37934 | — |
| St. Thomas Research Institute | Nashville | Tennessee | — | — |
| Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia | Austin | Texas | 78705 | — |
| St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
| Intermountain Medical Center | Salt Lake City | Utah | 84107 | — |
| University of Virginia | Charlottesville | Virginia | 22908 | — |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | Virginia | 22042 | — |
| Sentara Norfolk General Hospital | Norfolk | Virginia | 23507 | — |
| Swedish Medical Center | Seattle | Washington | 98104 | — |
| Marshfield Clinic | Marshfield | Wisconsin | 54449 | — |
Site contact phone numbers, emails, and investigator names are intentionally not displayed here. Open the official ClinicalTrials.gov record for site contact information.
Non-U.S. locations
This page focuses on the U.S. directory. The official record also lists 4 non-U.S. sites.
About this trial record page
- What this page shows
- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00129545, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
- What this page does not do
- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted May 14, 2015 · Synced Jul 21, 2026
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